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Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering–Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (SJCE–STEP), 1 of the country’s earliest exertion concern incubators, is celebrating its 40th anniversary — a milestone that celebrates Mysuru’s emergence arsenic a large hub for innovation, deep-tech entrepreneurship, and technology-driven economical development.
Founded connected December 13, 1985, with the enactment of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and JSS Mahavidyapeetha, SJCE-STEP began arsenic an experimentation successful nurturing technologists and innovators. Four decades later, it stands arsenic an instauration that has shaped galore startups, accelerated concern growth, and helped found Mysuru arsenic an innovation destination beyond Bengaluru, the incubator stated.
Suresh Bhojraj, director, Technical Education division, JSS Science and Technological University (STU), JSS Mahavidyapeetha, astatine a property league present connected December 13, said that STEP has been bridging acquisition and endeavor for 4 decades and volition thrust future-ready endowment and probe linkages.
A.N. Santosh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, JSS STU, underscored the growing integration betwixt research, industry, and startup ecosystems, while Dhanraj, Registrar, JSS STU, emphasised the institution’s increasing planetary partnerships. Nataraju, principal, SJCE, emphasised how innovation successful universities is crucial for fostering creativity and driving economical growth. Manjunath Aradhya, Dean (Research), JSS STU, expressed the request to enactment connected quantum computing, semiconductor, and earthy connection translation — successful enactment with the nationalist mission.
To people the 40th anniversary, TBI 2.0, a next-generation deep-tech and AI innovation hub, is coming up with an concern of implicit ₹10 crore. K-TECH Common Infrastructure Facility (CIF), which is supported by the Department of Electronics, Information Technology-Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, successful collaboration with Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, is coming up, a property merchandise from SJCE-STEP said.
JSS Innovation and Research Park, dispersed implicit 2 lakh sq. ft and designed to standard probe and development, innovation, testing, and commercialisation for startups and budding entrepreneurs, is besides coming up successful the campus. “These initiatives bespeak a imaginativeness to enactment implicit a 1000 startups successful the coming years,” it further stated.
Shivashankar B., main executive, SJCE-STEP, reaffirmed the committedness to deep-tech, AI, sustainability, semiconductors, and planetary collaboration. “Taking exertion to the grassroots to span the integer spread and lick agrarian problems done innovation and agrarian incubation is our vision,” the merchandise added.
It besides explained that SJCE-STEP has projected to physique the adjacent 1000+ startups for Viksit Bharat, promote women-led entrepreneurship, physique planetary probe partnerships, and found Mysuru arsenic a competitory destination for deep-tech investments.
